The Perraults : a family of letters in early modern France / Oded Rabinovitch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabinovitch, Oded, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perreault family.

Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703.

Perrault, Charles.

Perrault, Claude, 1613-1688.

Perrault, Claude.

Perrault, P. (Pierre), 1611-1680.

Perrault, P.

Social networks.

History.

Families.

France--Intellectual life--17th century.

France.

Intellectual life.

France--Civilization--17th century.

Civilization.

Families--France--History--17th century.

Social networks--France--History--17th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 233 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"This book shows how the family strategy of the Perraults interacted with their literary and scientific projects, leading to a revision of our image of the major cultural institutions of the seventeenth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Representing a family of letters : images of authorship (1650-1750)

Finance and mobility : Pierre ascendant (1600-1660)

The Perraults in the countryside : Viry and literary sociability (1650-1680)

Failure in finance and the rise of Charles Perrault (1660-1680)

The Perraults and Versailles : mediating grandeur (1660-1700)

Claude Perrault and the mechanics of animals : family and scientific institutions (1660-1690)

Epilogue (1690-1730).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rabinovitch, Oded. Perraults.

ISBN:

9781501729423

150172942X

OCLC:

1028887783